Cyndi's Page

This page is dedicated to my niece, Cyndi Womelsdorff.

December 29, 1958 - August 10, 2000

From every end comes a new beginning.  May this be the beginning of a smokefree world!

FOR MY BELOVED NIECE CYNDI:

At exactly 9:27 a.m. on August 10, 2000
A light was extinguished
A heart ceased to beat
And a great tsunami washed upon a quiet shore
And other hearts began to break
The silence of the long and painful vigil
And the face of death in its disquieting beauty
Came to whisper its welcome, but unwelcome message
�Now there is peace!�
�No longer is there pain!�

And in the forests and the jungles
The animals stopped in their tracks
And a great wind came to them all
With the news of the passing
�Your friend is everywhere!�
�She is love�

Now my heavy heart
Weighted with sadness and grief
Tugs at my mind with the question
�Why!�
And the answer washes over me
Like the great tsunami
�Now there is peace!�
�No longer is there pain!�
�She is love!�

Cyndi and Uncle Bob

a short walk

Cyndi and her boy

with Nurse Kim